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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,790, dated May 20,188%.

Application filed March 15, 1834. (No model.)

T a/ZZ whoml it may concern:

Beit known that we, JOSEPH S. SIMMoNs and ROBERT M. SIMMONS, citizensofthe United States, residing at Belton, in the county of Anderson, andState of South Carolina, have invented a new useful Portable Building,of which the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to portable buildings to be used on farmsand plantations for storing cotton, corn, small grain, potatoes,cotton-seed, or the like, and so constructed that the building may betaken down and moved to any desired spot on the farm and quicklyandeasily set up in its new location; and it consists in theconstruction and novel arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafterfully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims appended.

Figure l is an interior elevation of one of 1 the ends ofthe portablebuilding, the cornerposts and the two longer intermediate studs beingmade in two sections each, and inortised into the sill and girder,respectively, and braced by horizontal laths to prevent lateral play.Auxiliary studs i' alongside of the corner-posts and intermediatesectional studs are tenoned loosely in mortises in the sill and girder.The weather-boarding is nailed to the corner-posts and sectionalstudding, but does not connect the sections; consequently the end of thebuilding is made in two horizontal sections, which may be separated tomove theni,'and the auxiliary studding r is separable from them, so thatno great weight is found in any single piece of said end. Fig. 2 is asimilar view of the opposite end of the building, which is provided withthe door, and is constructed in a similar manner, except that thebracing-laths do not extend across the door-space. One half of the dooris in the lower section and the other half is in the upper horizontalsection of this end of the building. Fig. 3 is an inside elevation ofone of the sides of the building, both sides being constructed alike,which is made in twoan upper and alower--horizontal sections, sectionalstudding r being mortised into the sillsand the girders, and braced neartheir points of separation by horizontal laths, and provided, also, withauxiliary studdingr, tenoned loosely in mortises in the sills andgirders. Fig. 4 is l an under face view of the section k ofthe roof.Fig. 4. is an under face -view of the section Z of the roof. Fig. 5 is asectional detail view of the section 7a of the roof. Fig. 6 is a view ofa section of the floor of the building. Fig. 7 is a detail view ers f f.Fig. 8 is an 'elevation of one of the f2 and the notched girders h. Fig.9 is a detail view of one of the notched cave-strips for preventinglateral motion of the ends of the notched tie-beams f2 on the girders ofthe side walls of the building. Fig. l0 is a vertical longitudinalsection ofthe building, and Fig. l1 is a transverse vertical sectionalview of the same when the parts have been put together.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, a designates one endof the building, made in two horizontal sections, a a2, consisting ofhorizontal weather-boarding nailed to the corner-posts a3 a3, which aremade in two sections, aa, and areprovided with hooks a6 a7 near theirupper and lower ends, working in recesses and adapted to engage studs bon the inner faces of the sectional end studding, i', of the sectionalside walls b b2. The weather-boarding of the end sections are alsonailed to the intermediate sectional stud-ding, c, and horizontal lathsa al are nailed to the inner faces of the sectional corner-postsv andthe sectional intermediate studding, i', to brace and strengthen theframing.

In Fig. l2 the angle-irons are shown. The corners of the end sills, au,are recessed to receive the rabbeted ends of the sills b3 of the sidewalls, and the inner faces of both the end sills and side sills and theend girders and sidewall girders are provided with angle-irons d d d2did* d5 d d?, which are slipped into engagement in pairs when the endwalls and side walls are put together. The end walls are built up ingable shape, and the edges of the gables are notched at e for the endsof the notched rafters f j". The side walls have also auxiliary studdingi', which is tenoned loosely in niortises in the side sills, b3, andside girders, f1. The end wall, au, is provided with a sectional door,g; but in this end the bracinglaths do not extend across thedoor-space.. In other respects the two ends are alike.

The roong-girders 7i 7L h2 are notched near of one of the notched rait,

roof-supports, showing the notched tie-beamrafters f j' and thetie-beams f2 of the roof-supports are notched at f3 f3 in their underfaces,

'to fit over the side girders, fff, of the side walls. Notchedcave-strips Z Z are secured to the outer faces of the side walls, thenotches Z" receiving the proj ecting ends of the tie-beams f2 andpreventing lateral movement of thelsame on the girders f1L f4. Theroofing may be made either of tin, canvas, or tongued-and-groovedlumber, and is made in sections, k and Z. rIhe sections Z carry the combprojections kf, and both sections k 7c and Z Z have notchedsecuring-strips in m on their under faces,the notches n n of whichreceive the roof-girders, and the lower faces of the strips m m restagainst the upper faces of the notchedraftersff and hold theroof-sections in place. The floor is also made in sections, and rests onremovable joists. It will be seenfrom the foregoing description, takenin connection with the drawings, that no single section of the buildingis very heavy; that it may be made of light material, and yet be strongand durable. It should be painted to protect it from the ravages of theweather, and when set up should be placed above the ground on blocks orstones, to prevent the sills from rotting away, and to prevent verminfrom entering the building and destroying its contents.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a portable building, the combination, with the end walls, made intwo horizontal sections, of the sidewalls, made in two horizontalsections, all of the sections being separable and connected at thecorners, sills, and girders by angle-irons, hooks, and studs,substantially as specified. Y

2. In a portable building, the combination, with the sectional sidewalls and end walls constructed and connected as described, of thenotched roofing girders h, secured to the notched tie-beamsfz, thenotched cave-strips Z, the notched rafters ff', and the roof-sections kand Z, having notched securing-strips m on their under faces,substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. In a portable building, the end-wall having the sectionalcorner-posts and the sectional intermediate studding securely mortisedinto the sill and girder, and braced by the horizontal laths, incombination with the weatherboarding secured to said sectionalcorner-posts and studding, and the auxiliary studding loosely tenoned inmortises in the sill and girder of said end wall, substantially asspecified.

4. I-n a portable building, the side wall composed of the sectionalstudding mortised securely in the side sill and side girder, and bracedby the horizontal laths secured to their inner faces, in combinationwith the weatherboarding and the auxiliary studding tenoned loosely inmortises in the side sill and side gir-der, substantially as specied.

In testimony that we claim thel foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

` JOSEPH SANFORD SIMMONS.

ROBERT MARION SIMMONS.

W'itn'esses:

O. S. Davis, F. M. NoRRIs.

